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Subject:	Re: Humorous shell names
From:	"Andrew K. Rindsberg" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Thu, 29 Oct 1998 09:24:33 -0600
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Helmut added these names to the list:
 
Capulus ungaricus
Natica stercusmuscarum
 
"Stercusmuscarum" translates more or less as "flyspeck" (the direct
translation is a bit cruder, but that was probably the intended sense).
What is the joke in Capulus ungaricus ("Hungarian swordhilt"), Helmut? An
odd place to find a Capulus, to be sure... And who was the author of these
jokes?
 
Andrew K. Rindsberg
Geological Survey of Alabama

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